Leadership - Representatives

Biological Stain Commission (BSC)

Donna Harclerode, HT/HTL(ASCP)QIHC

eridana@cox.net

The objectives of the Biological Stain Commission are: 1) to insure uninterrupted supply of dyes used in biological and medical applications, 2) to promote cooperation and dialogue among manufacturers, vendors and users of dyes for histochemical applications, 3) to insure the quality of dyes through independent testing according to appropriately rigorous chemical and performance criteria, 4) to educate users of biological stains about sources of reliable dyes and how they might best be used, and 5) to publish information concerning new or improved uses for biological dyes and related histochemical techniques.

Current Happenings: 2010 Annual Report
Attended the Biological Stain Commission Meeting in June in New York. A full write up about this meeting can be found in the Summer Issue of NSH in Action.

Nid: 1033

Coordinating Council of Clinical Laboratory Workforce (CCCLW)

Jan Gardner

jan.gardner@lpnt.net

The vision of the CCCLW is to unite clinical laboratory organizations and other stakeholders on workforce issues.

Current Happenings: Visit the CCCLW website www.ccclw.org

Nid: 1113

Clinical & Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI)

Janet Kliethermes

jkliethermes@kumc.edu

The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) is a global, nonprofit, standards-developing organization that promotes the development and use of voluntary consensus standards and guidelines within the healthcare community. CLSI is based on the principle that consensus is an efficient and cost-effective way to improve patient testing and services. More than standards and guidelines, CLSI/NCCLS documents provide invaluable tools that allow distinct—yet inseparable—constituencies to meet their healthcare responsibilities with efficiency, effectiveness, and global acceptance.

Current Happenings: Update February 2012
The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) is moving ahead with a revision of the guideline, “GP28-A, Microwave Device Use in the Histology Laboratory”. The CLSI Consensus Committee on Quality Systems and Laboratory Practices management team has appointed a document development committee (DDC). The committee had an orientation webinar and their first conference call meeting in November.

The document revision process will include 4 webinar meetings and one face-to-face meeting in June 2012. I will be serving as a member and as the committee Secretary. Representatives from the profession, government, and industry will participate. Members have received their writing assignments, with a draft due in January 2012. The projected publication date for the revised document is June 2013.

Nid: 1035

Health Professionals Network (HPN)

Jennifer Burch

The Health Professions Network is a unification of professionals, representing diverse aspects of allied health including primarily provider organizations, but also educators, accreditors and administrators. The group works together in a cooperative and interactive manner on issues relevant to health care.

Current Happenings: HPN lists "Whats New" on their homepage at http://www.healthpronet.org/.

Update: February 2012

The Health Professions Network (HPN) is a nationwide collaborative group of organizations representing leading health professions associations, accrediting agencies, and educational institutions, as well as federal and state workforce analysts and licensing and certification bodies.

A wide range of health professions make up the HPN and encompass the majority of approximately 200 different positions in health care, including athletic trainers, clinical laboratory scientists, diagnostic medical sonographers, medical assistants, music therapists, physician assistants, radiologic technologists, respiratory therapists, and more. The group works together in a cooperative manner on issues relevant to health care workforce development and delivery in the United States.

The Fall 2011 meeting of the Health Professions Network (HPN), hosted by Visit Jacksonville, was held in Jacksonville, FL, October 12-15. The theme for this meeting was “Reengineering Education Today for Practice Tomorrow: Improved Teamwork and Better Outcomes to Meet Patients’ Demands”. The 40 attendees, representing a wide range of health professions professional associations, education programs, and for-profit partners, networked and shared their views of the various challenges (and opportunities) within their respective professions—from recognition and awareness, workforce projections, and data needs to a core curriculum
for allied health and the need for “disruptive innovation” in higher education and health professions education. Local Allied Health educators also joined the group for the day on Friday.

The presentations, which are all available online at www.healthpronet.org, included:
• “Provider Based Education: An old Model for New Times” by Nell Robinson of Mayo School of Health Sciences
• “Traditional Versus For-profit and Private Sector Education: The Pros and Cons” by Dr. Harold Jones of UAB
• “Accreditation 2020: Opportunities and Challenges of the New Educational Paradigms” by Dr. LaCheeta McPherson with the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
• “How Big is Your Market? Rightsizing Production from Allied Health Programs to Meet our Nation’s Needs” by Dr. Stephen Collier of UAB
• “The Department of Labor Allied Health Competency Model: An Update” by Ryan Merclean
• “Medical Assistants: Helping Physicians Meet New and Shifting Patient and Staffing Demands” by Don Balasa of the American Association of Medical Assistants

Nid: 1036

National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NACCLS)

Jennifer MacDonald

jmacdonald@mtsac.edu

The National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS) is an independent nonprofit accrediting agency ensuring the quality and integrity of educational programs that prepare professionals to work in the laboratory. Through its voluntary accrediting and approval processes, it contributes to the improvement of the public’s health.

Current Happenings: NACCLS posts current news and announcements on its website at http://www.naacls.org/news/

Nid: 1037

ASCP Board of Certification (BOC)

Marilyn Gamble

marilyngamble@comcast.net

The mission of the Board of Certification is to promote the health and safety of the public by certifying competent laboratory professionals and maintaining a registry of certificants. This mission statement reflects the Board's role in ensuring the health and safety of the public. As a result, the ASCP BOC has certified over 400,000 laboratory personnel.

2011 Annual Report

2010 Annual Report

Nid: 1034

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